The determination of 134Cs and 22Na diffusion profiles in granodiorite using gamma spectroscopy

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2153-2161

  Jokelainen, Lalli ^a   Meski, Tanja ^a   Lindberg, Antero ^b   Soler, Josep M ^c   Siitari Kauppi, Marja ^a   Martin, Andrew ^d   Eikenberg, Jost ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

134Cs; 22Na; Grimsel test site; In situ diffusion; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CESIUM 134; CHLORITE; MINERAL; NUCLEAR FUEL; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM 22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRANODIORITE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; ROCK; SORPTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84876293095     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-2268-y     Document Type: Article

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